Case Study: Philadelphia Eagles achieve faster media workflows and stronger data protection with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

Philadelphia Eagles achieve 100% geographic redundancy with Backblaze

The Philadelphia Eagles, a professional football team, faced significant challenges with their aging LTO-6 tape archive system, which was failure-prone, slow to restore data, and lacked true geographic redundancy for disaster recovery. This cumbersome system hindered their ability to quickly access and monetize decades of valuable media content, forcing them to max out their local storage. To overcome this, they partnered with Backblaze to utilize its B2 Cloud Storage.

By implementing Backblaze B2 with Universal Data Migration and Cloud Replication, the Eagles retired their tape system and migrated 800TB of data to a secure, cloud-based archive. The solution provided 100% geographic redundancy and near-instant access to media assets. This resulted in a doubling of their data protection, streamlined remote workflows for editors, and freed up IT resources, all while cutting cloud storage costs significantly compared to legacy providers.

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